About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
The Chapel of Bones by Kate Ellis
I have a confession to make. I have not read all thirty of Kate Ellis' DI Wesley Peterson crime novels, although The Chapel of Bones is the latest one. I discovered this series when I was browsing the shelves at The Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale when I lived in...
What Are You Reading?
It's been a relaxing week here. It started when my sister, Linda, and I went to see the musical "Pippin". It was different from the shows she and I had seen years ago. This time, the stage show had illusions, which were fun. Neither of us remembered the Leading...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Waves of Burden by Curtis Ippolito
I finished Tim Sullivan's The Tailor on Monday, and it took me a little while to get into my next book, so I'm not finished. Thanks to Kevin Tipple, I don't have to hurry through it. Instead, I'm sharing his review of Waves of Burden by Curtis Ippolito. Thank you,...